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(No Model.)

B. HOLM, M. JORANSSON & E. ANDERSSON.

EMBOSSING DEVIGE FOR LAUNDRY WORK.

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EDIVARD HOLM, MAGNUS JORANSSON, AND EMIL ANDERSSON, OF CHICAGO,ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORS, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO SAID I'IOLM.

EMBOSSING DEVICE FOR LAUNDRY-WORK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 410,551, datedSeptember 3, 1889.

Application filed February 21, 1889. Serial No. 300,725. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that we, EDWARD HOLM, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,

and MAeNUs J ORANSSON and EMIL ANDERS- SON, both subjects of the King ofSweden, now residing at Chicago, in the county' of Cook and State ofIllinois, have made certain new and useful Improvements in an EmbossingDevice for Laundryork, of which the fol lowing is a full, clear, andexact description, that will enable others to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecifica- I 5 tion.

The object of this invention is to provide a domestic device forembossing or ornamenting laundryqvork by producing on the finishedsurface of the article a design in imi- 2o tation of embroidery or fancywork.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a device embodying-our improvedfeatures, and Fig. 2 an end elevation.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a bracket-frame, consisting ofthe top part a,

the sides a a extending downwardly therefrom, and the lugs a a,projecting upwardly from each end.

The embossing rollers B B are loosely mounted on shafts b b, which arein turn jonrnaled in the respective sides of the bracket-frame, therollers being inserted between said sides. These rollers are provided ontheir peripheries adjacent to the ends with 3 5 the designs orconfigurations (Z (1'. These designs may be similar in character 01' ofdifferent configurations, as illustrated in Fig. 1. The entire surfaceof the roller may be covered by the designs or spaced, as may bedesired.

It is obvious that any number of rollers may be used, each having adifferent design, in connection with'the same bracket-frame, as one setcan be conveniently removed and replaced by another. One roller maybeused;

but the arrangement of a set or pair, as shown, is preferred, as thedevice will support itself in an upright position, especially whenplaced on the stove to be heated.

The respective ends of the curved handle C are inserted and secured inthe lugs a a, formed on the upper side of the bracketframe.

This arrangement provides a hand device which is as convenient anarticle as the ordinary sad or polishing iron, and maybe used for theordinary domestic purposes or in public laundries.

This device will be especially useful in imprinting ornamental designson collars,cuffs, 6o shirt'bosoms, and other articles of wearingapparel, and also for imitating the usual expensive embroidery onpillow-shams and simi lar articles. The designs thus imprinted will lastfor an indefinite timo,will not injure the fabric, and will of courseentirely disappear in the process of laundering.

The rollers are first heated to the proper temperature and then pressedupon and rolled over the surface to be ornamented immedi- 7o ately afterthe process of polishing.

Having thus described our inventiomwhat we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

In a device for the ornamentation of laundry-work, the eombinatiomwiththe bracketframe, consisting of the top part a, the sides a, a extendingdownwardly therefrom, and the lugs a a, rising upwardly from each end,of the embossing-rollers provided with designs or configurations, asdescribed, the shafts upon which said rollers are loosely mounted, andthe curved handle C, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

EDW'ARD IIOLM. MAGNUS J ORANSSON. EMIL ANDERSSON. Vitnesses:

L. M. FREEMAN, J. B. DONALSON.

